What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: John Canton MA FRS 1718-1772 physicist attended the school formerly held in this building Recorded plaque organisation: Institute of Physics.
John Canton FRS was an influential British physicist and one of the early investigators of electricity, known for his work on piezoelectricity and for improving electrical instruments like the electrometer.
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